California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McNeal, B260489 (Cal. App. 2016):
value, its production would consume an undue amount of time, or it would confuse the issues or mislead the jury." (People v. Frazier (2001) 89 Cal.App.4th 30, 40, fn. omitted.) The trial court had broad discretion to determine whether evidence of other sex offenses is admissible. Its determination will not be disturbed on appeal absent a showing that the trial court acted in an arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice. (People v. Rodrigues (1994) 8 Cal.4th 1060, 1124.)
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